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Urban Governance: Britain and Beyond Since 1750 Robert J. Morris 9780754600152
RRP: €160.65€140.66This is a coherent and integrated set of essays around the theme of governance addressing a wide range of questions on the organisation and legitimation of authority. At the heart of the book is a set of topics which have long attracted the attention of... -
Food Safety after Fukushima: Scientific Citizenship and the Politics of Risk by Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna 9780824884321
RRP: €33.26€30.02The triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 forced people living there to confront new risks in their lives. Despite the Japanese government's reassurance that radiation exposure would be small and unlikely to affect the health of the general... -
Make Capitalism History: A Practical Framework for Utopia and the Transformation of Society by Simon Sutterlütti
€41.90This open access book presents an alternative to capitalism and state socialism through the modelling of a post-market and post-state utopia based on an upscaling of the commons, feminist political economy and democratic and council-based planning... -
Parties, Partisanship and Political Theory by Matteo Bonotti 9780367739348
RRP: €47.59€41.72Political parties have only recently become a subject of investigation in normative political theory. Parties have traditionally been studied by political scientists in their organizational features and in relation to the analysis of related topics such... -
Globalization against Democracy: A Political Economy of Capitalism after its Global Triumph by Guoguang Wu 9781316640753
RRP: €32.12€27.13Globalization has reconfigured both the external institutional framework and the intrinsic operating mechanisms of capitalism. The global triumph of capitalism implies the embracing of the market by the state in all its variants, and that global... -
The South China Sea: From a Regional Maritime Dispute to Geo-Strategic Competition Leszek Buszynski 9781032081922
RRP: €47.59€42.04This book explores the very latest developments in the South China Sea maritime dispute. It examines the South China Sea as an arena for geostrategic competition between China and the United States and why the dispute is so important for regional and... -
Religion in World Conflict by Jonathan Fox
RRP: €51.16€44.73This new book tackles two crucial questions: First, how does religion in its various forms and manifestations influence world politics? Second, how will adding religion to the discourse on international relations modify our theoretical understanding?... -
The European Sisyphus: Essays On Europe, 19641994 by Stanley Hoffmann
RRP: €47.59€42.20Bringing together all of Stanley Hoffmann's significant essays on the development and difficulties of European integration, this collection highlights the intractability of the divisions that plagued the European Union from its very beginning. Just as... -
The Gender and Security Agenda: Strategies for the 21st Century by Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
RRP: €44.02€38.71This book examines the gender dimensions of a wide array of national and international security challenges.The volume examines gender dynamics in ten issue areas in both the traditional and human security sub-fields: armed conflict, post-conflict,... -
The Search for Normality: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Germany Since 1800 by Stefan Berger 9781571816207
RRP: €33.26€26.87The Historikerstreit of the 1980s has ended inconclusively amidst heated debates on the nature and course of German national history. The author follows the debates beyond the unexpected reunification of the country in 1990 and analyzes the most recent... -
The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities David Satterthwaite 9781853836015
RRP: €52.35€46.22The last five years have brought an enormous growth in the literature on how urban development can meet human needs and ensure ecological sustainability. This collection brings together the most outstanding contributions from leading experts on the... -
The World Bank: From Reconstruction to Development to Equity by Katherine Marshall
RRP: €44.02€38.71The World Bank is one of the most important and least understood major international institutions. This book provides a concise, accessible and comprehensive overview of the World Bank's history, development, structure, functionality and activities... -
The Demarchy Manifesto: For Better Public Policy by John Burnheim 9781845408916
€14.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845408916Author John BurnheimFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
The American Left: Its Impact on Politics and Society since 1900 by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
RRP: €107.10€98.02This book shows how left-wing politics has shaped life in the USA, from the 1900s to the present day. Only the American right has ever really recognised the potency of the American left. Now, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones fully details the left's numerous... -
The Fall: A Comparative Study of the End of Communism in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland by Steven Saxonberg
RRP: €64.25€56.25With a foreword by Seymour Lipset, Hoover Institution and George Mason University, USAThe Fall examines one of the twentieth century's great historical puzzles: why did the communist-led regimes in Eastern Europe collapse so quickly and why was the... -
The Logic of Delegation: Congressional Parties and the Appropriations Process by D.Roderick Kiewiet
RRP: €33.32€32.59Why do majority congressional parties seem unable to act as an effective policy-making force? They routinely delegate their power to others-internally to standing committees and subcommittees within each chamber, externally to the president and to the... -
Towards a Gay Communism: Elements of a Homosexual Critique by Mario Mieli
RRP: €101.15€77.78First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation. Among the most important works ever to... -
John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel Abraham Ben-Zvi 9780714682518
RRP: €59.49€51.77This volume seeks to reconstruct the process by which the Kennedy administration decided to sell to Israel Hawk surface-to-air missiles. It argues that both domestic considerations and political calculations were part of a highly complex decision made by... -
The Evolution Of American Strategic Doctrine: Paul H. Nitze And The Soviet Challenge by Steven L Rearden 9780367307394
RRP: €47.59€41.72This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Paul H. Nitze's influence on the making of U.S. national security policy, as well as his recent involvement in arms control negotiations. After World War II, Nitze played a major role in drafting a policy... -
Commons Knowledge: How to be a Backbencher by Paul Flynn 9781854112064
€19.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854112064Author Paul FlynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 230g -
Freegans: Diving into the Wealth of Food Waste in America by Alex V. Barnard
RRP: €23.79€21.19If capitalism is such an efficient system, why does 40 percent of all U.S. food production go to waste-while one in six people in the nation face hunger? This startling truth has stirred increasing interest and action of late, but none so radical as that... -
Underground Spaces Unveiled: Planning and creating the cities of the future Han Admiraal 9780727761453
RRP: €95.80€80.24Award-winning title on the benefits, challenges and possibilities of urban underground spaces. The book gives a broad overview of the concept of underground space development investigating the issues that are associated with the sustainable development... -
Environmental Law and Policy in Wales: Responding to Local and Global Challenges by Patrick Bishop 9780708325803
RRP: €11.89€9.28This book examines welsh perspectives on the search for sustainable law and policy solutions to modern environmental threats.About the AuthorDr Patrick Bishop is a member of the School of Law, Swansea University. Professor Mark Stallworthy is a member... -
American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future by Glenn P. Hastedt
RRP: €76.16€61.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorGlenn Hastedt holds a Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University. Formerly the chair of the political science department at James Madison University, he... -
The Radical Right in Switzerland: Continuity and Change, 1945-2000 by Damir Skenderovic 9781845455804
RRP: €157.08€126.62There has been a tendency amongst scholars to view Switzerland as a unique case, and comparative scholarship on the radical right has therefore shown little interest in the country. Yet, as the author convincingly argues, there is little justification... -
Unstable Majorities: Polarization, Party Sorting, and Political Stalemate by Morris P. Fiorina
RRP: €29.69€19.59America is "currently fighting its second Civil War." Partisan politics are "ripping this country apart." The 2016 election "will go down as the most acrimonious presidential campaign of all." Such statements have become standard fare in American... -
Mr. X and the Pacific: George F. Kennan and American Policy in East Asia by Paul J. Heer
RRP: €29.74€25.79George F. Kennan is well known as the preeminent American expert on the Soviet Union during the Cold War and the author of the doctrine of containment. In Mr. X and the Pacific, Paul J. Heer chronicles and assesses Kennan's work in affecting US policy... -
Marx's 'Grundrisse' and Hegel's 'Logic' Hiroshi Uchida (Sophia University, Japan) 9781138888531
RRP: €47.59€42.04Marx's Grundrisse is acknowledged as the vital link between Marx's early and late work. It is also a crucial text in elucidating Marx's debt to the idealist philosopher G.W.F. Hegel. This book, first published in 1988, is the first full-length study of... -
Only the Strong: Reversing the Left's Plot to Sabotage American Power by Tom Cotton
RRP: €29.75€19.49If it seems to you that Barack Obama and Joe Biden have weakened America and emboldened our enemies, you're not alone. But Senator Cotton explains that their failures aren't just incompetence or bad luck-it's decline by design. Only the Strong reveals... -
Fixing Democracy: Why Constitutional Change Often Fails to Enhance Democracy in Latin America by Javier Corrales 9780190868901
RRP: €38.66€24.92The study of institutions, a core concept in comparative politics, has produced many rich and influential theories on the economic and political effects of institutions, yet it has been less successful at theorizing their origins. In Fixing Democracy,... -
Myth of Liberal Ascendancy: Corporate Dominance from the Great Depression to the Great Recession G. Williams Domhoff 9781612052564
RRP: €42.83€38.01Based on new archival research, G. Williams Domhoff challenges popular conceptions of the 1930's New Deal. Arguing instead that this period was one of increasing corporate dominance in government affairs, affecting the fate of American workers up to the... -
Hardware, Software, Heartware: Digital Twinning for More Sustainable Built Environments Jason Pomeroy 9781032569383
RRP: €39.26€35.45This richly illustrated book examines the full potential of Digital Twins (DTs) as a means of creating more sustainable urban habitats. It reveals how, in this digitally-enabled age, DTs are increasingly being adopted by cities as a tool for urban... -
The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism by Charles D. Ferguson 9780415952446
RRP: €52.35€45.74The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, a new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, assesses the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to acquire and use nuclear weapons, to fabricate and and detonate crude nuclear explosives,... -
The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic Liberalism by Cihan Tugal
€28.26Just a few short years ago, the Turkish Model was being hailed across the world. The New York Times gushed that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) had "effectively integrated Islam, democracy, and vibrant... -
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence by Anita Anand 9781501195709
RRP: €35.70€21.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501195709Author Anita AnandFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)... -
Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis by Erik Martinez Kuhonta
RRP: €33.31€29.20This book argues that Southeast Asian political studies have made important contributions to theory building in comparative politics through a dialogue involving theory, area studies, and qualitative methodology. The book provides a state-of-the-art... -
Frantz Fanon: A Political Biography by Leo Zeilig
RRP: €20.22€17.06Frantz Fanon was one of the twentieth-century's most influential theorists and activists, whose work fighting against colonialism and imperialism has been an inspiration to today's decolonization and anti-racism movements. As the author of essential... -
Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation by James Howard Kunstler 9780802121448
RRP: €15.46€14.98James Howard Kunstler's critically acclaimed and best-selling The Long Emergency, originally published in 2005, quickly became a grassroots hit, going into nine printings in hardcover. Kunstler's shocking vision of our post-oil future caught the... -
Ben Ali's Tunisia: Power and Contention in an Authoritarian Regime by Anne Wolf
RRP: €116.62€105.56Based on a wealth of new primary data, this book offers the first account of the internal regime factors that ultimately caused the fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's long dictatorship in Tunisia during the Arab Uprisings. Anne Wolf's account challenges... -
Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror Susan Galleymore 9780745328294
RRP: €29.75€19.97Susan Galleymore, the mother of a US soldier, chose not to wait at home for her son to return, or to die. Instead she left for Iraq to visit him at the base where he was stationed. This is a remarkable portrait of what it means to be a mother in a time...